It doesn't work because the match after the or is not happening. You need to be more explict about the second match and use and instead: 
if ($homeurl !~ m[^http://] and $homeurl !~ m[^https://]) {
      print "Your home url has to start with http:// or https://";
  }

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Or you could put the or inside the match (using | which means 'or'): 
if ($homeurl !~ m[^http://|https://]) {
      print "Your home url has to start with http:// or https://";
  }

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Or you could use a ? after the s to signify that it may or may not exist, the most elegant method in this case: 
if ($homeurl !~ m[^https?://]) {
      &inerror("Your home url has to start with http:// or https://");
  }

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In reply to Re: or operator not working at checking directories by epoptai
in thread or operator not working at checking directories by Anonymous Monk

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